The Lexhipep
— by the Students of Lexington High School
VOL. in.
LEXINGTON, N. C., APRIL 28, 1925
Lexington High School Wins
State Championship in Tennis
lEXINGTON HIGH WINS
LITERARY CUP
Ham Hargrave and Wood
Dorsett Brings Home
the Cup
High School Week at Chapel Hill
was a successful one so far as the
tennis team was concerned. Lexing
ton now has the honor of being the
tennis doubles champion of the state.
Last year, Greensboro was the win
ner of the cup, and this year. Ham
Hargrave and Wood Dorsett won
over the two Scotts of Greensboro,
who represented that town the pre
ceding year. In the first round,
Lexington overcame the Raleigh rac-
queteers, 6-1, 6-2. The next match
t\as victorious for our team, downing
the Charlotte duo, 6-1, 6-4 In the
semi-finals, Shelby was beaten, 6-1,
6-3. In the finals, the score was, 1-6,
6-2, 6-4„ 6-3, in the favor of the
locals . Lexington was not so vic
torious in the singles, although she
did reach the semi-final.,. Rose
Hill forfeited in the first match, Har
grave won over Burlington next 9-7,
6-1; but lost tp Wayivesville how
ever, (4-6) (4-6).
The day before the Chapel Hill
meet, Lexington defeated Wake For
est freshmen at Wake Forest. The
locals took the double match and
Hargrave singles, but lost the other
single.
Two other matches have been
played this year, in which Ham and
Wood were conquerors. They won
3-0 to Salisbury, and lost only one
single to Oak Ridge. So far the sea-
son has been more than .mocessful.
GIRDS’ TRACK CTTP GOES TO
DENTON — BOYS’ TO
ORPHANAGE
Denton High School girls won the
track cup presented this year for the
first time by the Kiwanis Club with
a score of nineteen points, Thomas-
ville Baptist Orphanage following
with seventeen, and Lexington coming
third with twelve.
Lexington girls showed excellent
training and ability, and deserve com
mendation for their work although
they did not bring home the cup. Our
representatives were as follows: Run
ning Broad Jump, Dorothea Dorsett
and .May Leoi^ard; Bia.sketbull Dis
tance Throw, Elizabeth Hackney and
John Carfee; Fifty Yard Dash. Annie
Thomason and Lillian Whiteside;
Hundred Yard Dash, Annie Thoma
son and Lyda Lee; Running High
Jump, Dorothea Dorsett and Annie
Thomason; Standing Broad Jump,
Annie Thomason and Lillian White-
side; Relay, Lillian Whiteside, Lyda
Lee, Pearl Leonard and .May Leon
ard.
The star for Lexington girls was
Dot Dorsett, who won first place in
both High Jump and Broad Jump.
May Leonard won third place in
liunning Broad Jump, and John Car-
tee came third in Basketball Distance
Throw.
Winning the cup was si ill possi-
ble for our girls until an accident, oc
curring in the Relay made defeat in
that feature inevitable. However,
not much crying over split .milk was
done, and the girls accepted their
fate heroically.
Thomasville Orphanage. :t seems,
could not be content to go l.ome oup-
le.'^^.s, so their boys put out some real
effort and won the athletic cup.
With a large plurality of points,
Lexington High School won the sil
ver cup offered for the literary events
in the county contest. The con
tests, except the recitation and de
clamation, were held on Thursday,
April 9, but the results were not known
until Friday night, April 17.
First places were won by Elizabeth ,
Hackney in spelling, and Annie Thom-
ason and Clara Tayloe in Cross-Word
Puzzle. Second places were won by
Leland Beck, recitation; Llo.vd Leon
ard, declamation; Stephanie Bragaw,
ready writing; and Dorothy Dorsett,
English grammar. Third place in’
American Legion Essay contest was
won by Clara Taylor.
Leland Beck and Lloyd Leonard,
both of the freshman class presented
exceptionally good speeche.s, the sub
ject of the recitation being “The
Little Rebel”, and that of the decla
mation “The Old South”. The en
thusiastic applause following both
was not entirely due to the fact that
the audience was' composed mostly
by Lexington people, for the speeches
were good, and the speaker.^ excel
lent.
Second place in the literary contest
was won by Thomasville. while the
Orphanage came third.
The school winning the cup for
three successive years has it given to
them as a permanent possession.
Last year the cup went to Thomasville
Orphanage, while Lexington came
second. Lexington High has great
hopes for the future alon.g this line,
and expects, with work by talented
studenhs. to win the literary trophy
for good.
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“LIBRARY BOOK.S ARRIV’E’’
Over 145 new books for the library
arrived last Thursday and ar.» at pres
ent being catalogued. This is a sub
stantial addition to the Horary—one
which we feel sure the students will
appreiiate and take advantage of.